Two teenage suspects whose assault on a former Trump administration engineer made national headlines avoided jail time and were sentenced to probation.

Edward Coristine, whose nickname is "Big Balls," was defending his girlfriend from a group of about 10 juveniles when they turned on him and viciously beat him in August. He worked as a software engineer at the Department of Government Efficiency.

'Think of your daughters and mothers. The same group attacked people before and after us, breaking ribs and stomping heads. This senseless crime must be stopped.'

The incident was cited by President Donald Trump as evidence that federal troops needed to be sent into Washington, D.C., in order to help law enforcement officials quell criminal violence. The president shared a photo of Corist

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